Washing-machine.



J. W. PECINOVSKY & E. N. BROWN. WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.27. 1915.

1,163,686. Patented Dec.14,1915.

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J. W. PECINOVSKY & E. N. BROWN.

. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27. l9I5 1,163,686. Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

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JOSEPH W. PEGINOVSKY AND EDWARD N. BROWN, OF OUBIAY, COLORADO.

WASHING-MACHINE;

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 151, 1915.

Application filed March 2'7, 1915. Serial No. 17,327.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Josnrn IV. Pnonvow SKY and EDWARD N. BROWN, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Ouray, in the county of Ouray and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IVashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in washing machines, and particularly that class of machines of this character designed for the cleansing of clothing.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character which is facile in operation, and which also is economical and eliicient.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of two sets of dashers, and means for operating these dashers, by which the clothing is alternately compressed and released in the presence of a cleansing fluid such as water, While in the tank or tub, for the purpose of forcing the dirt out of the clothes, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings we have illustrated a complete example of the physical embodiment of our invention, and have also illustrated, in addition to the hand operated device, a power operated device, constructed according to the best modes we have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of our invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a washing machine embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the washing machine of Fig. 1, but at the right in this view the upper dashers are omitted for convenience of illustration. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the washing machine receptacle, the supporting frame being omitted. Fig. 1 is an enlarged transverse sectional View on line H, of Fig. 3.

In the preferred embodiment of our invention, as illustrated in the drawings, we employ a receptacle or tank 1, which may be composed of any suitable material, and this tank is supported upon a frame 2, so that the tank may be tilted to the position as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. For this purpose the tank is designed to rest upon the long legs 3 of the frame, and is also supported at the center on the bracket 1, by means of the hinge 5. By this hinged construction it is possible to tilt the tank as in Fig. 1, until the right end of the tank rests upon the upper ends of the short legs 6. In this manner the tank may be tilted to drain the water therefrom through the faucet 7, through the medium of an operating lever 6, pivoted in the frame at 7, and provided with a cam face 5 upon which the lower right hand corner of the tank is sup ported.

The interior of the tank is divided into two compartments 8 and 9, by a partition 10, and in the partition a plug 11 is illustrated, which closes communication between these two compartments. Thus, when it is desired to transfer the water from the compartment 8 to the compartment 9, the plug 11 is removed and the tank is tilted, as in Fig. 1, dotted lines, so that the water flows from the compartment 8 into the compartment 9. In Fig. 3, it will be noted that this partition extends only part way up through the tank, but it is of sufficient height to divide the water which is contained in the bottom of the tank or receptacle 1.

Within the tank there are two sets of dashers or blades, a set in the compart- 1nent 8 comprising upper dashers 12 and lower dashers 18, and another set in the com partment 9 comprising upper dashers 14: and lower dashers 15. The lower dashers 13 and 15 are dished or curved, as shown clearly in Fig; 5, and they are fixedly supported upon the rock shaft 16 which extends transversely across the receptacle and is journaled in its side walls. The dashers or blades 13 and 15 are spaced apart, as shown in Fig. 2,

but they are oinedby connecting rods 17-17 which are extended successively through the separated blades or dashers, and cause the dashers 18 and 15 all to move in unison with the rock shaft 16. The outermost lower dashers 1313 are each provided with a guard plate or shield as 18 for the dashers l3, and 19 for the dashers 15. These shields or plates are fixed to the outer side of the outermost dashers 13 and 15, and adjacent the side walls of the tank to prevent the clothing contained in the washing machine from coming in contact with the side walls of the receptacle. By this construction an inclosed receptacle is provided for each compartment, the dashers l3 and forming the bottom, and the guard plates or shields forming the sides, while the end walls of the receptacle form the outer ends of these clothes holding movable receptacles within the tank 1.

The dashers 13 and 15 as before stated, are adapted to oscillate or rock with the shaft 16, and this shaft is rocked through the medium of two rocker arms and 21, which are respectively slotted at 22 and 23 for the crank portions 24: and 25 of the crank shaft 26. This crank shaft 26 which is the operating shaft of the device, extends transversely across the top of the open tank, and is journaled on side brackets 27. The crank shaft may be revolved through the me dium of the crank handle 28, attached to the balance wheel 29 on the shaft, and this balance wheel is especially useful in preventing shocks or jerky motions of the operating parts of the device.

The upper dashers 1.2 and 14 are suspended at their outer ends by pivoted links as 30 from the hinges 31 located at the ends and upper edges of the tank 1. These upper dashers are alined with the lower dashers, and the dashers 12 are rigidly connected together by the connecting rod 32, while the dashers 14: are similarly connected by connecting rod 33, so that each set of dashers 12 and 14 are pivotally suspended from the upper hinges 31 of the tank, and the free ends or inner ends of these dashers are connected by the connecting rods. These upper dashers l2 and 1e are actuated, the former by a slotted arm 34 and the latter by a slotted arm 35 which are engaged respectively by the crank portions 36 and 37 of the crank shaft 26. Preferably, a spring cushion 38 and bolt 39 are used at the joint between the slotted arms 34 and 35 and the dashers 12 and 14, in order to cushion the movement of the dashers or blades. At each end of the tank 1 hard wood bars 40 are located between the outer ends of the dashers 13 and 15 in order to prevent any garments getting under the lower dashers.

In Fig. l, we have illustrated a pulley 41 on the balance wheel 29, and the pulley is designed to take the place of the crank handle 28 when the washing machine is power driven.

In operation the clothes to be cleaned are placed in the two skeleton baskets or receptacles formed by the lower dashers in the two compartments of the tank, and the water in the tank is of a maximum depth not to pass above the lower portion of the dasher 13. With the water, of course, proper detergents are employed, and the machine is operated by turning the crank handle 28 to revolve the crank shaft. Through the medium of the four cranks on the crank shaft, the upper and lower dashers are actuated, and the clothes are alternately squeezed or compressed, and then released, at each side of the rock shaft 16. In action, when the receptacle formed by the dashers 15 is in position in Fig. 3, the clothes are released, and are dipping in the water. In the compartment 8,-in Fig. 3, the clothes have been raised out of the water, and are being compressed so that soiled water is being squeezed out of the clothes in the process of cleansing.

Vv'hen washing two different kinds of clothing, for instance, white clothes and colored clothes, the water in the compartment 9 may be emptied through the faucet 7, and then by removing the plug 11, the cleaner water which is being used for white clothes in the compartment 8, may be transferred to the compartment 9, by tilting the tank as before described, and then after the tank has been righted again, additional clean water may be placed in the tank 1. By this particular construction of actuating mechanism for the two sets of dashers, the parts are equally balanced, and the lift at one end of the tank is compensated for by the pull at the opposite end.

We have illustrated two modes of actuating the device, the crank handle and the driving pulley, and other changes of like iature may be made in the device without departing from the spirit or scope of our appended claims.

lVhat we claim is:

1. The combination in a washing machine with a rock shaft and a longitudinally positioned receptacle oscillatable therewith and formed of spaced dashers, of a set of dashers suspended above and coacting with the lower dashers and pivotally supported from the tank, a crank shaft, and connections between said crank shaft and the upper dashers, whereby the upper and lower dashers are synchronously moved in opposite directions.

able with the rock shaft, and rocker arms 1 rated compartments, and a rock shaft and crank shaft, of a set of lower dashers supported from the rock shaft in each compartment, a set of upper dashers having their In testimony whereof We aflix our signaouter ends hinged to the tank, a lower arm tures in presence of two Witnesses.

connecting the crank shaft and rock shaft, a slotted crank arm connecting the crank shaft JOSEPH PECINOVSKY' and one of each of the upper sets of dashers, EDWARD BROWVN' shields carried by the outermost lower dash- Witnesses:

ers, and guard ribs fixed at the ends of the GEORGE KELLER,

tank as described. ALVEY D. ENGLEBRIGHT.

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